Where does “baston” come from?

baston (Maranao) comes from Spanish bastón, from French bâton, from Latin bastum, from Vulgar Latin basto, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

baston (Maranao): cane

Definitions

  1. cane

Ancestry of “baston”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbastónwalking stick, staff, cane; baton; riband
2Frenchbâtonstick; baton
3LatinbastumA stick
4Vulgar Latinbastoto suffice; I am enough or sufficient; I suffice;...
5Latinbastāre—
6Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...
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